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Poor energy useage is leading to companies wasting billions

Small to medium sized business are failing to release potional saving from energy effieciency. The Carbon trust survey shows business could cut up to 30% from their energy costs.

The Carbon Trust run a survey on 700 small to medium sized businesses (SME) which have a spend of between 50,000 and 3 million pound a year on energy.

Companies could reduce their collective energy cost by 3 billion pound a year. The carbon trust can help them to cut there cost through free onsite consultation, actions plans and interest free loans for energy effiecient equipment and schemes.

There are thousands of SME business in the UK with spends over 50,000 who haven't as yet had a free carbon trust survey carried out to see there potitial saving. If you would like Business Energy Switch to arrange a survey on your behalf please contact ushttp://www.businessenergyswitch.com/?q=contact

The Carbon Trust report indicated that 49% of SME Business were consernded by the violitile nature of the energy markets. Sectors with the greatest concerns were construction, manufacturing and hospitality.

1 in 7 of those questioned said their was no one reponsible for energy management.

Eon boss Johannes Teysson has lashed out at politicians for failing to rescue the EU emissions trading system (ETS). Anyone who claims Europe is a pioneer of climate protection "should be ashamed", he told the German daily newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung.